re: Not a valid Win32 file plus other problems
Thursday, November 19, 2009 at 7:33 am
Windows Vista Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by Riswin
(159 messages posted)
Hi,
It is because of corrupt download.
Clear internet cache and try downloading again. If same problem occurs, try downloading
with a different comp and then install it.
On Wednesday, November 18, 2009 at 6:04 am, Ron L wrote:
>This started when I tried to download MS's Security Essentials. I will download
the
>file. Download manager shows that the file is downloaded, a size of 4.3Mb. When
I
>click run I get a statement that the file is not a valid Win32 application. I had
>deleted AVG to get this one and when I tried to reload AVG I got the same message.
>After trying several other things I went to the Download folder to try to run either
>of them again and find that the file size listed in the folder is ZERO kb!!!! How
>can that even be???? I feel that I'm getting conflicting information somehow but
>I don't know what to trust. BitDefender shows that I don't have an infected computer,
>Windows Defender and CCleaner show all is clean. I'm at a total loss.
>
>My next step is a complete upgrade to Win7, but I hadn't wanted to do that yet.
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